The Dogtown Shuffle

Keep your eyes wide open, babe If you decide to take the long walk My city screams of danger And you're on borrowed time It comes from a jealous clock And you're a permanent stranger So the last of the wild frontier kings Is held for further questioning When nothing's left but death and taxes The matter of the real fact is You go through life as someone's doormat Well you don't get no sportin' chance Ain't too much distance 'tween a pat on the back And a kick in the pants You do the Dogtown Shuffle I know you talk the talk, yes I do I do the Dogtown Shuffle But can you walk the walk? Lemme see ya do it one time Some self-made guy Gets it in the ass at the local mini-mall Looks more like a warning than an example And late at night They said he used to sleep the sleep of the just I sleep the sleep of the just after They said the wild boys go head to head And like the good book says, "Be quick or dead!" Ante up and let 'em go 'Cause I'm filing charges on your soul It's just a joke and you're the punchline Yeah, the streets are a million laughs And if I must, well in God I'll trust Everybody else gotta pay cash You do the Dogtown Shuffle But can you talk the talk? Let me hear ya You do the Dogtown Shuffle But can you walk the walk? Now purely off the record, man Yeah, I figured I was gonna go down And get a little breakfast at the local Ttaco truck Yeah, my guise could use some refinement But I'm on a self-improvement kick these days So what the fuck, man? Hey man, there was a line behind me A line behind me Yeah, they always try to nail ya Mom, God, pie, the whole routine Well, here's a little trick that'll never fail ya In your time of need You do the Dogtown Shuffle Yeah, can you talk the talk, baby? Do the Dogtown Shuffle Well, lemme see you walk the walk Walk it Are ya, are ya, are ya ready boots? Start walkin' 'Scuse me, but I'm, I'm, I'm new in town I was wonderin' if I could get directions to your place? There goes the neighborhood